Steve Novick on Social Security

Democratic Challenger

Stop borrowing from Trust Fund; deliver promised benefits

If Social Security had been left alone, it would be on sound financial footing for decades to come. But every President since 1983--except for Bill Clinton in his second term--has borrowed from that trust fund to pay for other programs. The real threat t
Social Security is not that the system itself is 'broken'; it is the prospect that the rest of the Federal government will not repay what it has borrowed. Tough fiscal choices will have to be made to ensure that promised benefits will be delivered.